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Yes. And Java does emit machine code/binary (as well as assembly for debugging purposes). The bytecode serves as the abstraction layer. The JVM uses an interpreter, but can compile to machine code/binary for supported machines for code that gets hit often enough to warrant it.

because if every language fanned out to every machine, compilation remains a combinatoric problem. abstraction makes the problem practically tractable.

In standard PEMDAS, the left-to-right ordering does in fact matter when evaluating M and D, and when evaluating A and S.

M and D have the same priority, as do A and S. If two operations have the same priority, you evaluate from left to right.

You’ve remembered the letters PEMDAS, but you are forgetting that M and D have the same priority, and should be evaluated from left to right. Same goes for A and S.

“PEMDAS” isn’t the instructions. It’s the name of the instructions. A confusing name.

Then maybe stop trying to teach it to other people. Confidence is not a good indicator of correctness.

People.

PEMDAS isn’t meant to be taken literally as “parenthesis, then exponents, then multiplication, then division, then addition, then subtraction. That’s an incorrect memetic, and the fact we call it “PEMDAS” is confusing.

Under standard PEMDAS rules, M and D are to be interpreter at the same level of priority from left to right. Same goes for A and S. So when you come across 9-3+3, the PEMDAS rule is to go LEFT TO RIGHT because A and S have the same priority.

I’m sorry if whoever taught you PEMDAS was wrong and made you learn it incorrectly, but addition does not always get performed before subtraction, and multiplication does not always get performed before division.

9-3+3 = (9-3)+3, always.

9/33 = (9/3)3, always.

Go try to type it on your phone and watch what autocorrect tries to do…

9-3+3=9

9/3*3=9

Are you alluding to some sort of optical illusion? I can experience a couple by closing my eyes and opening them, but it just feels like my eyes re-focusing…

I don’t know if you know this, but the people keeping the internet afloat are by and large linux users. Ignoring linux users opinions is like ignoring the canary in the coal mine.

Hey, Maia. Do you think you can give us your best goat impression?

First of all, yes. 100%

When you say grazing angles it sounds like a macroscopic effect from the curvature of the smooth glass though, but what we see here is that even the smooth camera-facing portions without much of an angle also reflect a significant amount of light, and this is also (very likely) caused by the effect you’re talking about, but due to surface roughness (which is basically microscopic grazing angles like you say).

So yes definitely dielectric reflecting, but I’d say surface roughness rather than grazing angles. But that’s nit-picking.

There’s ongoing research in to high entropy alloys…

Given that density is essentially an atomic packing problem, and that HEAs have many different types of metals, perhaps you could “invent” a high entropy alloy that has a very good “atomic packing” solution, such that it achieves some extreme density - fantastical, perhaps, but I’d find that sort of thing very interesting if Brandon Sanderson incorporate in to the Mistborn universe (or Cosmere, for that matter).

Personally, I really like this question, because it allows the interviewee to be highly creative in their response while simultaneously focusing them on real world issues with existing solutions.

What if instead of having a single global time across the planet we all synced to, your time was relative to the people you interact with? scheduling happens fluidly as an attention allocation algorithm rather (who needs to be included and to what degree). rather than “finding a slot” in a given 8 hour window, it just automatically resolves the most convenient time for everyone… meetings could be rescheduled automatically (within reason) to maximize flexibility while still allowing everyone to get together…

Yes, it’s an absurd thing to actually try to do, but the point is the question allows you to imagine an entire world of possibilities and interpret the question in any way you want. You get to flaunt what you’re good at instead of the interviewer taking random guesses where your knowledge and skills might lie right now.

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Manually add supports between the middle column and the inner surface of the slide near the bottom as a stabilization structure that can be easily removed later. Do the same for the outside and add a thin cylindrical wall to stabilize against. the cylinder and the supports will be removed after printing, so they should be easy to snap off and cleaned up with snips, sanded if necessary (so placed in such a way that access is easy).

The inner tube and outer cylinder become the support structure for the stabilizing struts, and the majority of the load goes through the slide itself… the struts are just there to keep it from bending and collapsing.

And honestly, this is just a guess. I’ve never done this before, but it seems like it could be an easy thing to do and test on a 1/4” print to see how stable it is (you can push on the supports to simulate what the weight of a larger model might stress against it and get a feel for if it might work before wasting the time/filament on a full print).

This vertical printing is your best bet for isotropic layer lines with respect to the marble’s timeline (they always look the same from the marble’s perspective, no matter how far down the slide it goes - this should supress surprise bumps/bounces).

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so it’s a fastener for rope/cable -like things to attach in parallel to other rope/cable -like things?

Don’t forget the symphony that is the soundtrack.

These things are basically multichannel high frequency LCR meters with analog-to-digital converters, a microcontroller, and a signal analysis and reporting suite. And they’re usually calibrated and certified for testing and reporting on professional networking installations. It’s how you figure out what cable is making your internet connection unreliable. So… not a simple continuity tester.

r/AtomicPorn

No way you just made a claim about fire somehow casting a shadow in the presence of a nuclear blast, when the light emitted from said blast would overpower any shadow casting abilities of said fire.

this is r/explainitpeter. sauce is a problem for you?

I’m sorry, what? need sauce.

indirect lighting over diffusers all day long. diffusers are great though if indirect isn’t viable.

what did those bricks do to that guy?

so… are we suppose to ignore friction? because that wouldn’t take much energy in a vacuum… just a lot of time.

It’s a play on “taking the root” of a number.

Hence why toilet paper does not spontaneously combust in atmosphere.

The spores decided to escape from under closed canopies and land only where the stems have been bent and turn dark purple eh? interesting hypothesis.